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    25 

    26 package java.security.acl;

    27 

    28 

    29 /**

    30  * This interface represents a permission, such as that used to grant

    31  * a particular type of access to a resource.

    32  *

    33  * @author Satish Dharmaraj

    34  * @since 1.1

    35  *

    36  * @deprecated This class is deprecated and subject to removal in a future

    37  *     version of Java SE. It has been replaced by {@code java.security.Policy}

    38  *     and related classes since 1.2.

    39  */

    40 @Deprecated(since="9", forRemoval=true)

    41 public interface Permission {

    42 

    43     /**

    44      * Returns true if the object passed matches the permission represented

    45      * in this interface.

    46      *

    47      * @param another the Permission object to compare with.

    48      *

    49      * @return true if the Permission objects are equal, false otherwise

    50      */

    51     public boolean equals(Object another);

    52 

    53     /**

    54      * Prints a string representation of this permission.

    55      *

    56      * @return the string representation of the permission.

    57      */

    58     public String toString();

    59 

    60 }